It was a special luncheon on Wednesday hosted by the Senior Advisory Committee at the National for Block Islanders who have earned the moniker of nonagenarian. This formerly annual birthday
He may not have been physically present to see his old ship return to Rosslare Harbour, but Gerry Pierce was surely looking down fondly on Wednesday evening as the ‘Letty’ came to dock in his old stomping ground. An original E. Rowles Bristol channel pilot cutter built in 1905, the Letty is believed to be one of 18 pilot cutters still in existence worldwide.
After what Block Island Water Company Superintendent John Breunig described as “clerical and quorum issues,” the Joint Water and Sewer Commissions finally mustered a minimum quorum to hold a public hearing and pass water usage restrictions for the.
There is a small nonprofit organization on Block Island that has had an oversized impact on the island over the past forty-plus years: Block Island Economic Development Foundation, Inc. Established in 1977, BIED’s primary objective is “to promote.